Various Things

We had snow and ice on Thursday and Friday so I decided to stay home and do a bit of housecleaning. Well, that was the plan but for some reason I was so tired, I did nothing but read and eat for two days. Today was much better. I went into town to see Fred and stayed with him a couple of hours and then came home. I actually got some stuff into the laundry tonight instead of waiting until tomorrow! Tomorrow I will go buy some food since I am out of pretty well everything.

Long time readers will know how I think about things before I do them. For me, the thinking is the first step in doing! Well, I am back to thinking about art, back to reading about projects and thinking about what I can do. I haven’t done anything creative since last October when Fred was so ill.  October! That is four and a half months I have done nothing creative! I am glad I have got a pair of leather sandals to finish painting. I have the first coats of purple, red and orange down but I know they will need at least one other coat. The same color scheme is used on both  sandals but the patterns are different. Yes, I will post pictures if {no, when} they are finished. They are for a good friend who left the color scheme up to me. When she called me the other night, I told her I hoped she liked the colors I have used since they are my favorite colors! Oh, and I am going to put gold on there, too. Of course, the first thing I have to do is tidy up this art room. It looks very messy–well. it is very messy, but it has been left as it was since October not muddled around so I should be able to get it put in order with some focused work! I am feeling very positive about this.

Total change of subject here. You know, Fred is a diabetic, right? And so usually he has to be very careful about cutting his toenails partly because he has a blood thinner as part of his medications and if he cuts too much off, he can bleed a lot, but also because apparently the skin on the diabetics feet is the first place where doctors look for a breakdown of the skin. Well, since he got ill last October, since he has been in hospital twice and in rehab for three months {not counting this stint} NO ONE has cut his toenails despite several requests from him, me, and his daughter. Have you any idea how awful toenails uncut for almost five months look? Apparently there is a qualified person who comes in for one afternoon twice a month! So, a couple of days ago, Fred lowered his bed as low as it would go, sat on the edge, put his feet on the floor, bent forward,  and cut his own toenails! Apparently, you would have thought he had decided to take his own appendix out! Anyway, he is pleased with himself and his feet are a lot more comfortable.

Positives for today:

Celery and cream cheese

Getting the laundry in and out of the machines and put away

Hot chocolate which I am going to make for myself in a minute